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MS. Douce 49

Summary Catalogue no.: 21623

Contents

Psalter (portable)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good miniatures, borders, historiated and other initials. Calendar miniatures by a different hand. (Pächt and Alexander i. 287, pl. XXI)

History

Origin: c. 1270–90 ; Flemish, diocese of Thérouanne, region of St. Omer

Provenance and Acquisition

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description based on Elizabeth Solopova, Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian Library: A Select Catalogue (Oxford, 2013), pp. 341–7. Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 504

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (26 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 95

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.